Built To Spill

A Volunteer's View of 35 Denton

More 35 Denton Street Style

Name: Sarah Davenport Style influences: The '60s and '70s music scenes. At 35 Denton to catch: Mikal Cronin and Thee Oh Sees

The Rest of the Fest: One Last Look Back at 35 Denton

It was four days facing the elements: Wind, rain, solar flares and, on Saturday night, slime. In between, there were late-night basement dance parties, close calls with golf carts, mysterious bruises, random introductions and the chance to catch music at every turn. 35 Denton feels like what SXSW p ... More >>

Street Style: The Friday Fans of 35 Denton

Name (from left to right): Bonnie Rue, Chris Flemmons Style influences: Bonnie: "I used to have a fashion line called Model Citizen Clothing, but that project's currently on hold. When it's cold I wear dark colors." Chris: "Family Dollar." At 35 Denton to catch: Bonnie: "The Baptist Generals, wh ... More >>

Doug Martsch on 40-year-old Rock and Roll

This Week In Print: 35 Denton, Girls, Heartless Bastards and More

35 Denton starts this evening, and we've got you covered on picks. (Oh, and other stuff, too.) We talked with festival founder Chris Flemmons about finally making that next Baptist Generals album. Related: This DC9 interview exploring 35's sea change. Plus: Check out interviews from the Raincoat ... More >>

Who Cares About 40-Year-Old Rock and Roll? Apparently Built to Spill's Doug Martsch.

Despite all Built to Spill's success, it's impossible to deny how down to Earth frontman Doug Martsch is. He remains modest to a fault, going as far to say he wouldn't be a fan of his own band if he wasn't in it. I talked with him over the phone recently about everything from the state of music toda ... More >>

Coming Down the Mountain: 35 Denton Announces SO MANY BANDS

And by so many we mean 111, including a wealth of locals. It's sort of a dream lineup: A.Dd , Old Snack, Legsweeper, the Angelus, the Blurries, Video. Must ... stock up on ... 5-Hour Energy. Wait, never mind. I learned my lesson two SXSWs ago. That shit is nasty. Check out the video, soundtracked ... More >>

Built to Spill Added to 35 Denton Lineup

​ Are you ready to fly your flannel flag? Built to Spill, Boise, Idaho's second finest export, were just added to the 35 Denton roster. It's shaping up to be a pretty eclectic one, too -- they join Houston baller Bun B, dub duo Peaking Lights, UK post punks the Raincoats, the Mountain Goats, T ... More >>

Bad Design

Bad Design (Self-released)

My First Show: Les Américains' Jeff Parker Saw Butthole Surfers, Stone Temple Pilots and Firehose -- In A Water Park, Even.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Les Americains​Jeff Parker spent many years as the bassist for [DARYL], but Les Américains has been his m ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Monday, September 20, 2010.

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Amy Cook (Austin, TX)Let the Light In (Root House)It's easy to assume that Dall ... More >>

Last Night: Built to Spill, Finn Riggins and Telegraph Canyon at the Granada Theater

Built to Spill, Finn Riggins, Telegraph CanyonGranada TheaterAugust 11, 2010Better than: your nephew's second birthday.Mattie StaffordSee the rest of Mattie's shots from last night's show here.​Last night's showcase at the Granada Theater, which featured performances from Boise's Built to Spill an ... More >>

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets to The Granada Theater's Sixth Anniversary Party Tomorrow Night with Built to Spill, Finn Riggins and Telegraph Canyon.

An illustrated Built to Spill​Tomorrow night, as the Granada Theater celebrates its six year anniversary (and with it, all the great shows enjoyed at the Greenville Avenue venue over that time), owner Mike Schoder and his staff will host a pretty phenomenal bill featuring Built to Spill, Finn Rigg ... More >>

Built to Spill Comes to Terms With Its Sound

Staff Trax: The Apples in Stereo, Arcade Fire, Paul Brill, Built to Spill, Twin Sister and The Futureheads.

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ou ... More >>

A Golden Ticket Can Be Found At The End Of KXT's Pledge Rainbow...

​Surely, you've noticed the pledge drive efforts going on over at KKXT-91.7 FM of late, yeah? Us too.Annoying? Mostly. Necessary? Most definitely, given the station's public radio domain.But it's not all bad: Anyone and everyone who pledged to the station this week--and anyone and everyone who doe ... More >>

Last Night: Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr. at the Granada Theater

Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & The Missing Men, Disco DoomGranada TheaterOctober 22, 2009 Better Than: a Thursday evening at home in your rocking chair.​ At his Good Records performance held earlier last night, Lou Barlow expressed his love for playing in the endangered venue of ... More >>

Built to Spill

There Is No Enemy (Warner Bros.)

Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr.,Lou Barlow & the Missing Men

Thursday, October 22, at the Granada Theater

Poster of the Week: Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr. and Lou Barlow And The Missingmen At The Granada Theater Thursday

​Round Rock artist Todd Slater designed this week's featured poster, which promotes tonight's bill of Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr. and Lou Barlow and the Missingmen at The Granada. Look closely and you'll see that the ants crawling all over the woman's face; the design was inspired by the lyric to ... More >>

Gig Alerts: Trees Gets Busy With The Local Show Concert Series Tonight, And A Free Show From The Donnas Tomorrow Night

​A couple interesting shows over the next two night's at the still freshly re-opened Trees in Deep Ellum. Tonight, for instance, marks the second week of the Best DJ in Town's new weekly concert series at the venue. Continuing along the theme of his Sunday night "The Local Show" on KDGE-102.1 FM T ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets To See Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill on Thursday, October 22, at the Granada Theater

We've been geeking out about the upcoming Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill double-bill at the Granada for months now (four, to be specific), and now that it's almost here, well, really, we can hardly contain ourselves--which, I promise, is meant to read far more honestly and less facetiously than it ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets to Catch Throw Me The Statue Tomorrow Night at The Cavern

The Cavern's concert calendar has been a little bit dry of late, but that changes somewhat this weekend with Saturday night's lineup of Throw Me The Statue, The Brunettes and Nurses rolling through town as part of an impressive touring triple-bill. In this week's paper, contributor Chris Parker cha ... More >>

Today In Music News: The Libertines May Reunite, Built To Spill Divulge Album Deets and Miles Davis Gets 8-Bit'ed

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, August 20, 2009...Pete Doherty is this close to getting The Libertines back together.  All that's left is the pesky business of convincing the front man you won't steal his equipment (again) and sell them for drugs and to go along with the pl ... More >>

Distant Gig Alert: Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill at the Granada Theater on October 22

We've gone a few weeks now without our (once) weekly Show Announcements posting about, go figure, upcoming shows that get announced each week. Sorry for the lapse there, folks--it'll make its way back soon enough, promise. In the meantime, let me use this post as an excuse to spread the word that, o ... More >>

Grand Archives

Grand Archives (Sub Pop)

Dove Hunter, Doug Burr, Bridges and Blinking Lights

Friday, February 15, at the Double Wide

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares? Here are 10 great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

Perfect

From Now On

Older, wiser, and

with a longer beard,

Doug Martsch spills his "Conventional Wisdom"

The Only Mash-Up That Matters

Shapes and Sizes

Shapes and Sizes (Asthmatic Kitty)

Music Mentor

Casual music listeners shouldn't suffer from the boredom of radio and MTV

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Plus: The Glasgow School, History Lesson

Built to Last

Doug Martsch runs the biggest little band on Earth

Good Records Birthday Celebration

Saturday, February 19, at Good Records

Now He Knows

Built to Spill's Doug Martsch takes a solo side trip, after waking up with his mind on Jesus

Failure Plus

Care.Less.Now (BMBX)

Out & About

Built to Spill

Chomsky

Onward Quirky Soldiers (Idol Records)

Melody Maker

Built to Spill's Doug Martsch might claim to be an amateur on the six-string, but don't let him fool you

Scene, Heard

It's a big fuckin' deal

Out & About

Caustic Resin

Your Bruises

Death Cab for Cutie is just trying to stay healthy long enough to pay for a broken windshield

Best live music venue

Gypsy Tea Room

Best CD store (new)

Good Records

Tell me when it's over

The world might not be coming to an end, but maybe it should be

Silver Scooter

Tom Waits for no one

Or: Looking for the heart of South by Southwest

Perfect, now

Built to Spill makes a record too good to Keep It Like a Secret